Rural Electrification Archives

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Hinduja National Power acquires Kiran Energy Solar : Financings
KSEB signs MoU with NTPC for increasing solar power generation in Kerala : Projects
MSEDCL’s 1 GW tender results released; six companies chosen to set up solar projects : Projects
Renewable industry faces a number of bid due date extensions : Projects
Centre approves scheme to support promotion of biomass based cogeneration in India : Policies and Programmes
SPDA urges MNRE to defer auctions for solar power projects : Policies and Programmes
MNRE announces new policy for wind-solar hybrid projects in India : Policies and Programmes
KERC issues order for revising wheeling and banking charges for renewable power projects : Regulations
A progressive move by CERC : Regulations
Government clears confusion about custom duty on imported solar panels : Regulations

Big Goals
Update on Saubhagya implementation

April 2018

The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) was launched on September 25, 2017, with the aim of providing electricity to every willing household in rural and urban areas by March 2019. The scheme […]

Right to Light
Solar study lamp scheme brightens the future of students in villages

April 2018

It is pitch dark as we near Nagwa village, 150 km from Varanasi. No lights emanate from any of the hamlets that we cross. Then, we see a bunch of barefoot boys and girls emerge […]

Rehal Case Study
Solar power transforms lives in an off-grid hamlet

April 2018

It takes more than two hours of a back-breaking drive of just 28 km on a bumpy, winding kuchha road from Rohtas to reach Rehal, situated at a height of 2,400 feet above sea level […]

Rural Electrification
Progress so far

April 2018